Ben Mendelsohn: ‘If I could end up like a Harry Dean Stanton or John Hurt, I’ll be thrilled’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “It is,” he says, “something delightfully special.” An adaptation of London-based, Australian writer Rita Kalnejais’s 2012 play, Babyteeth is the coming-of-age story of a young woman who may never get any older. open image in gallery Mendelsohn as Henry, a psychiatrist, in ‘Babyteeth’ Henry specifically appealed as “a great example of a man with assumptions, and with strengths that he wouldn’t be aware of”, he says. And he’s a wonderful young man.” The director Shannon Murphy meanwhile “exceeded my wildest expectations”, he says. “Well,” he says, “I’m very happy to end it with Melvyn.” Babyteeth is released in cinemas on 14 August